1960 Helicopters of HS-3 and HU-2 from Valley Forge rescued 27 men from the oiler SS Pine Ridge as she was breaking up in heavy seas 100 miles off Cape Hatteras.

1962 Kinderman Place in the Bronx named

1963 Official 30-day mourning period for President John F Kennedy ends

1963 Reginald Binette kills four parishioners of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Ottawa in robbery attempt

1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)

1964 Quebec- Opening of the Eastern Townships Autoroute.

1965 Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up

1967 Then Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau tells the Commons that "There is no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."

1969 Anglican Church of Canada ordains first woman deacon.

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend an hour with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and meet the Minister of Health, John Munro to discuss drug abuse.

1969 Montreal Quebec FLQ terrorists explode bomb in a post office truck.

1969 Myriam Bédard biathlon athlete and Olympic medalist, was born at Loretteville, Quebec, she took up biathlon while an army cadet at age 15

1969 Supreme Court rules 1968 Montreal lottery illegal; Quebec sets up provincial lottery corporation; first draw to take place March 14, 1970.

1970 SS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka, sentenced to life in prison

1971 UN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general

1972 Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell receives a gold record for her album, For the Roses; includes the single, You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio.

1973 Pierre Berton quoted in Canadian Magazine as saying, "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."

1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French

1974 Sault Ste Marie's Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins becomes the 6th NHLer to score 500 goals, in a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

1976 35 Unification church couples wed in NYC

1976 Olive Diefenbaker dies; wife of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

1977 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes

1977 After only ten months as a professional jockey, sixteen-year-old Steve Cauthen won his 355th race and set a new earnings record.

1977 The Canadian government starts building first six new naval frigates; part of $1.5 billion naval program. (not nearly enough)

1980 Eisenhower returned to Norfolk, Virginia after a 251-day deployment, the longest underway deployment for a Navy ship since World War II. She had been underway for 152 continuous days

1980 Pres-elect Reagan appoints Jean Kirkpatrick (UN delegate) and James Watt (Interior)

1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black youths on a NYC subway train

1984 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," single goes #1 for 6 weeks

1985 STS 51-L vehicle moves to Launch Pad 39B

1986 Quebec Court of Appeal declares that Article 58 or Bill 101 making French the sole languageauthorized on commercial signs is unconstitutional.

1987 Canada beats Finland 4-1 to win first-ever gold medal at the annual Izvestia hockey tournament.

1987 Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin

1988 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ

1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South-West Africa

1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast

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